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Bradley Jolly & Niall Deeney

Co Derry teen who died on holiday had no idea he had hidden condition, family say

A tragic teenager with a "beautiful soul" who died on holiday in a hotel bathroom had an undiagnosed "ticking time bomb" heart condition, his family have said.

Daniel Smyth's post-mortem found the 19-year-old man had cardiac arrhythmia, an irregular heartbeat.

But the Coleraine student was unaware he had the condition and, during a family holiday in Sunny Beach, Bulgaria last week, the student collapsed in his hotel bathroom, and died instantly.

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